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What the frack? Residents of Bobtown, Pennsylvania got an apology for a massive fracking well explosion in the form of a coupon for pizza
* Residents of Bobtown, Pennsylvania received coupons for a free large pizza as an apology the massive explosion in their tiny town

* Townspeople heard a deafening boom and and then saw flames shoot into the air February 11

* Many residents were concerned over what toxins were released into the soil, water and air

* The coupon also entitles them to a free 2-liter of soda


One hundred residents of a tiny Pennsylvania town where a fracking well exploded last week into a specular and deadly tower of flame, killing one and burning extremely hot for five days, have received an apology in the form of a pizza coupon.

Chevron sent the people of Bobtown a certificate that entitles them to a large pie at their local pizza joint, along with a letter dated February 16 assuring residents of the $250 billion company's dedication to safety.

The gift certificate also gets its holder a free 2-liter of soda.

'Chevron recognizes the effect this has had on the community,' reads the letter. 'We are committed to taking action to safeguard our neighbors, our employees, our contractors and the environment.'

The intense fire posed incredible risk to the workers who eventually put it out after days, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

A missing worker from the Chevron Appalachia site has not been found and is presumed dead.

The well pad has three natural gas wells. Nineteen workers were on the well pad during the explosion, spokesman Kent Robertson said at the time.

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Boom! The Chevron Appalachia hydraulic fracturing well Lanco 7H exploded Tuesday before 7am after the earth shook and a huge boom rang out, according to residents
'Preparations were being made to run tubing, which is often done prior to bringing wells into production,' Robertson said.

There was no drilling or hydraulic fracturing at the time, he said.

But like in many areas where fracking has quickly become the norm, nearby residents reported a loud boom and felt the earth shake prior to the explosion.

'The house just sort of shook and there was a big loud bang,' resident John Kuis, 57, told the Post-Gazette of the moments leading up to the explosion.

Another neighbor described the sound as like a 'jet engine.'

Wild Well Control, an organization trained specifically to deal with natural gas explosions, was called to the site.

According to the Post-Gazette, the world-renowned specialty firefighters are only rarely called to such incidents and 'last year Wild Well only responded to five surface well blowouts accompanied by fires and 25 other surface blowouts that had no fires.'